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etahs will not even become indignant: at the slightest threat, they simply drop everything and leave. Life is more precious. Seals have a combo with humans: we are too large, noisy and uncomfortable. We look bad as a hunted object, and even worse as potential opponents. But people have had their eye on cheetahs since the 3rd millennium BC - the friendly disposition of big cats became clear even then. Until the beginning of the 20th century AD, and this is almost 5,000 years in a row, predators were captured en masse in the wild. All in order to make them “royal greyhounds”. Not for dinner, but for fun. The captured mustaches were trained to work alongside people and were trained - of course, it is very far from dog obedience, but for an elaborate royal hunt it’s just the thing. The cheetahs were brought to the place, allowed to chase antelopes and other living creatures, enjoyed the spectacle, took the prey and took it back to the palace. And you never know what rich people had to do, you might say, some like to hunt with golden eagles, others like to look for truffles with pigs. But the appetites of the rulers were insatiable; no one ever limited themselves to 1-2 cheetahs for the sake of showing off. The most famous Indian emperor Akbar kept up to 1000 (!) animals at his court at the same time. And during the entire history of his reign, more than 9,000 animals visited there! This is a very, very large number: today only 7,000 individuals live throughout the world. The catch is that the cheetahs did not want to breed in captivity. Each time we had to catch new ones in the wild, take kittens and teenagers. Not everyone survived, so the number of animals caught was simply monstrous. Today this also continues, they just do it quietly. Yes, royal hunts no longer take place, but poachers still catch and sell kittens as exotic pets, and one can only guess at the extent of such turnover on the black market. Such mass fishing became a very important factor in the extinction of the species. Previously, the range of cheetahs was huge, they ran throughout Africa and South Asia, but today only mere dots on the map remain of their former greatness. Other reasons for the disappearance are also related to the excessive “friendliness” of cats: these are conflicts with farmers when the animals camefeasting on livestock, overkill of cheetahs by hunting and habitat destruction. Of course, building a village next to a pride of lions is scary, but the cheetahs will move, not a wall. Author: Arina Taran 🏀 Hit the hoop and get an NFT gift — https://t.me/BasketbolX_bot